The Latest Breaking News from YIMBY

Nimbys v Yimbys: the affluent inner Melbourne suburbs that aren’t pulling their weight on housing

Exclusive: Housing advocacy group says amenity-rich eastern suburbs must be rezoned to accommodate thousands of new homes

The Guardian - AU · Apr 17, 2024

Cross-Ideological YIMBY Coalition Defies Increasing Polarization—So Far

The New York Times and the Atlantic report on how the movement to curb exclusionary zoning and build more housing has managed to cut across ideological lines.

Reason · Mar 16, 2024

The 2 Reasons California's YIMBY Reforms Are Failing

Plus: Ohio church sues the city trying to shut down its homeless services, another indigenous-owned megaproject approved in Vancouver, B.C., and a new report shows rapidly deteriorating housing affordability.

Reason · Jan 30, 2024

Cross-Ideological Common Ground on Exclusionary Zoning

Policy analyst Justin Hayes summarizes the reasons why conservatives, progressives, and libertarians all have reason to support zoning reform.

Reason · Jul 23, 2023

Yes in my back yard! Sydney and Melbourne activists demand ‘soft density’ to ease housing crisis

Disparate groups frustrated by lack of affordable properties are taking the fight to Nimbys as they campaign to relax planning curbs and reinvigorate suburbs

The Guardian - AU · Jul 14, 2023

How small wealthy suburbs contribute to regional housing problems

The odd headlines about little towns in the San Francisco Bay Area just keep coming.

The Conversation · Jul 10, 2023

In State Legislatures, Targeted Bills and Bipartisan Support Were Key To Passing Housing Reforms

Meanwhile, big, partisan "everything bagel" zoning reform bills that tried to squeeze through the entire YIMBY agenda floundered.

Reason · Jun 7, 2023

A YIMBY Victory in Montana

Montana's sweeping new zoning reform is both good in itself and a potential model for cross-ideological cooperation on this issue elsewhere.

Reason · Apr 28, 2023

California's Builders and YIMBYs at Loggerheads Over Bill Cracking Down on 'Unchecked Sprawl'

Activists who would like to see more housing built and people who build housing for a living would seem to be natural allies. A new bill in the California Legislature is driving them apart.

Reason · Apr 18, 2023

New bill seeks to limit housing sprawl in fire- and flood-prone areas of California

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Over the past half-century, new housing has spread into ever more far-flung parts of California – from luxury estates perched on remote hillsides to tightly packed subdivisions stretched over rural flatlands.

Tribune News Service · Mar 28, 2023